Ihsanullah Omarkhail

Biographic Data

ID4372687
NAMEIhsanullah Omarkhail
GIVEN NAMESIhsanullah
FAMILY NAMEOmarkhail
SIGNATUREOMARKHAIL I
AFFILIATIONSZhejiang University
ORCID0000-0002-7507-9839
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • China's Security‐First Strategy in Afghanistan: Rethinking the Wakhan Corridor

    Open AccessJalal Bazwan, Ihsanullah OmarkhailARTICLEPacific Focus2026

    This study examines China's approach to the Wakhan Corridor and argues that Beijing's policy toward Afghanistan is shaped primarily by a Hierarchical Security‐Development Nexus reinforced through China's National Security Concept. While recent Afghanistan‐Pakistan trade disruptions have increased Kabul's interest in Wakhan as an alternative route, China remains unwilling to advance connectivity without credible security guarantees. Drawing on pol…

  • The Taliban's Regime Security and the Strategic Calculus of China and Pakistan

    Open AccessIhsanullah Omarkhail, Hongsong LiuARTICLEPacific Focus2026References: 10

    This article contributes to the understanding of China and Pakistan's relations with the Taliban in Afghanistan. It examines why do the Taliban prioritize regime security in relations with China and Pakistan. The analysis argues that while China and Pakistan approach Afghanistan based on strategic, security, and economic interests, the Taliban remain primarily focused on regime survival and internal stability. Despite historical tensions, the Tal…

  • Afghanistan's perspectives on the belt and road initiative: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

    Ihsanullah Omarkhail, A ZahidARTICLEAsian Journal of Political Science2025Cited by: 1References: 46

  • The Decline of Pashtuns and the Rise of Fundamentalism in Afghanistan

    Ihsanullah Omarkhail, Liu Guo-zhu et al.ARTICLEEthnopolitics2024References: 20

    This study examines the decline of the Pashtuns as a nationalist group in Afghanistan. It also focuses on the fundamentalist narrative of Pashtun converted into Taliban. The Taliban has used the Pashtun to support their hardcore Islamist ideology. The authors argue that Pashtun declined due to the Taliban's strong beliefs in their extreme doctrine in Afghanistan. The article also focuses on identity and polarisation in Afghanistan and the role of…

  • The trajectory of Islamic State Khorasan Province and Afghan Taliban rivalry

    Ihsanullah Omarkhail, Liu Guo-zhu et al.ARTICLESmall Wars and Insurgencies2023Cited by: 3

    This article claims that the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has controlled Islamic State. It examines the rivalry between the two insurgent groups, which have various ideological and regional disagreements. The Taliban movement characterises itself as transforming from an insurgency into a movement controlling the state. This leaves Islamic State as the only insurgent group opposing the Taliban to be a responsible state-run movement. Th…